Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 114% UFO	Workstation 148% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 114%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	390% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '22 at 20:34
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 180 2-Core 355 113% 210 Pts	4-Core 702 8-Core 1392 124% 1,047 Pts	64-Core 3,162 196% 3,162 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 154 Parallax 218 109% 169 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 147 Splatting 102 100% 124 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-AG41TB 1TB 9,949 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3965 4050 1095 961 965 956 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	390% Outstanding	Read 2,359 Write 3,722 Mixed 2,373 SusWrite 1,999 592% 2,613 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 269 4K Mixed 96.6 344% 139 MB/s	DQ Read 1,646 DQ Write 1,390 DQ Mixed 1,609 1,181% 1,549 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 390% Great: 473%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 192GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1996 883 725 724 724 724 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,637 Write 2,000 Mixed 1,771 SusWrite 963 411% 1,843 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 101 335% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,581 DQ Write 1,312 DQ Mixed 1,416 1,069% 1,436 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 355%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 125 126 124 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 69.7 Write 112 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 124 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08SHLL42-135-K 2x8GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	MC Read 65.7 MC Write 50.2 MC Mixed 44.9 153% 53.6 GB/s	SC Read 34.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 41.8 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 125%

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Gaming 207%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,584x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,375Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	730x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	172x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	108x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 116%, 1,706 samples	71x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,895

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16